The Rise of the Green Flag Hero I’m calling it now, for the record—Green Flag heroes, or MMC’s (male main characters) in Romance are the new Alpha Males. Move over, Morally Gray types—the good guys are gaining on you. NO JUDGEMENT HERELet me preface this blog post by saying I am not making a judgement call on what anyone reads. I am a big believer in not yucking someone else’s yum, and having the freedom to read whatever the reader wants to read. What I am commenting on is trends I see based on comments on social media and articles I’ve read, books I’ve read. Trends run in cycles, especially in the publishing world, and I find it ...

FOR THE RECORD: ALL my books, both published and unpublished, under my two pen names (Renee Regent and Leslie Crowne) were written by ME.Only me!My brain devised the premise, plot, and details.My heart created the characters—their personalities, their emotions, their growth arcs.My soul revealed the themes, the underlying messages of the stories. Authentic As F*ckEvery laugh, every tear. The violence, the tenderness, the sadness, the orgasms (yes, I said it!), all came from my life experience, or my imagination. Some of it was difficult to get on the page, some of it was easy, but every word is ultimately my responsibility, my creation.I worked with honest human beta readers, ...